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The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
John Roach,

The life history Of the great Chester ship
builder is well known to us all. Amer MS
are warranted in taking special pride in
such man as John Roach. His career is a
| direct illustration Of the legitimate possi-
blities resting in the future of stout-hearted
and indomtable young America.
Over half century aga he arrived in this
country friendless, penniless lad With
resolute heart he put his hands to work de
termining to carve out for himself success ii
life. Unaided, often buffeted by defeat his
wonderful resoluteness aud steady persist
auce carried him steadily along until at
length the golden moment was touched.
His was tine greatest and grandest Of char
acteristics, that almost genius of snfailing
faith in the future. He seemed gifted while
still lad with the philosophers stone" of
unquestioning belief, Or, more truly,
knowledge that once the right track sue
3ess was certain. He never desponded, nev-
5r lost faith In his surroundings.
HIS varied career is pictured with what to
others would be most discouragng reverses
but to one of John Roach's stout moral cali
bre tempered his mettle and nerved and
wrought it to that high degree which no ex-
cent of business misfortune could deaden.
Out of the experience of il-luck he forged
the pluckiest most elastic and self reliant of
indIvidualites.
The great shipbuilder' life illustrates the
idea OF stout young 6 ant hammering blow
after blow, with tensest muscular effort at
the adamantine obstructions in his pathway.
He tried again and again, until like the 'im-
Fortunate stewa d Dame Fortune s,emed
ashamed of rnther frowning upon his heroic
efforts, in other wuids he was self-made
man.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
Wilmington Firenlen.


The point raised by the Morning Ne,o
upon the question Of the relations of tn,
Wilmington Fire Department and the towns
Of the State is u most relevant one.
The probability is that the towns of tht
State will not discontinue looking to this me
tropols for the protection hitherto given
them with such good will and alacrity as is
characteristic OF the efforts of the Whining
ton Fire Department.
1t may be that this patriarcial system-oi
the big city caring for the whole State, ready
At moments notice to rush its engines III
Winters midnight or in the Summer "nine-
ties" at breakneck speed, thoughtless of lif
township whose lum ber-built structures are
| threatened witch instant extinction by the
| Neutrality-suspicious. it may be that in our lit
tle State this system is found to best suit
the conditions.
But surely is ii wise to send our Fire Brig
| ade, or the greater part of it, flying along
south to the rescue of D1lmar OF Laurel OF
Lewes, when before any of those points are
reached the general alarm" may be toled
out in Wilmington ITSELF
We all know that at the recent Bradford
,Hafr 9
was not over adequate. 1t is not known " hat
provision, if any was held in reserve to meet
an alarm from elsewhere either in the city o.
the State.
Fires have become so alarmingly numer
GUS throughout Delaware within the last
few days that the unwelcpme thought has
occurred suppose two large coufagrations
happened simultaneously
Now that the down state communities
have become habituated to dependence on
Wilmington for aid in case Of fire, due con.
'deration of the contingency of simultaneous
ralls upon our brave and willing firemen de-
mands immediate attention. Our Fne De-
partment has never hesitated in accepting all
responsibilities The, reply to every call
Is it not the duty of the citizens or the
legislature to recognize in the proper way
what an extensive solicitude the fire laddies
Of Wilmington are bearing? The whole Of
the State Of Delaware, it may be said, is de.
pendent upon them. And these noble men
10 the work for nothing!
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
Intellectual Pabulum.

Industry Ledge No. at its regular meet
ing, last Tuesday night appointed a commit
tee for the purpose Of instituting course Of
lectures. These lectures will be given b,
markedly able men and upon matters thai
cannot fail to edify.
The dscadence of interest in the efforts OF
the rostrum during the past ten years is moi
fiattering to either the tastes or the intelh-
gence of the community and the the time il
In this matter.
Industry Lodge is inaugurating most
lsndabls enterprise and we sincerely hope
that it will meet with encouragement proper
tunate to its merits.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
PRICETwOCENTS.

cy OF the case demands, and that as part,
Of such defence which can be made availa
ole at an early day, Congress be urged tc
make at once the necessary appropriations
t1 provide for perfecting the large sea
board cities systems of torpedo defence ano
adequate mortar batteries, and that New
York as the chief of such cities and the
great storehouse of the nations movable
wealth, has especial claims for immediate ac-
tion by Congress for her protection.
Resolved, That this Chamber hereby
urges.upon Congress the prompt passage Of
he measureilately introduced by Hon. s. s.
Cox, of this city, providing for the appropri-
alton Of $50, ,OOO,O OCO for seaport defeLces, o.
a similar bill for the same object.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
Overhead Wires,

There is complete unanlmity of publ,
opinion in regard to overhead Tres, an,
that is straight in the direction Of condem
nation.
Eye witnesses Of the Bradford fire in thi,
city got ull.testimony of the need of lcgisa
tion in the matter
AS citizens stood in front Of the burning
building at midnight the picture showed it.
self Of he main facdde of the structure com.
pletely encirced by net work of telegraph
and telephone wires ranged along it just in
ahe location to effectually impede any eff
cient work by the Fire brigade.
Had the Bradford building been dwell
| ing tenement the possibility OF some fatal
accident was not at all improbable. This
iiea occurred to lookers-on at the time. The
sudden bursting out OF flames from the up
per tier OF front windows at moment when
the general supposition existed that the fire
had been kept to the lear of the building
instanced how. readily anyone might have
heen caught, aud in moment of panic TAX
en- the alternative of jumping from the win
dows. This has happened often enough
elsewhere to make the supposition easy of as
sertion. The telegraph wires would have
been directly in the way. But the wires are
almost equally fatal to the alternatives of be-
ing burntd to death Or being dashed to
pieces by the fearful leap. In Chicago more
than one instance is on record of death from
the wires. One horrible case is recorded of
an unfortunate victims instant decap pitatiun
in full sight of Mortified assemblage. In
almost all cases those who strike the wires
are permanently manned.
But still the main objection to the wires
es in the fact that they impede the work of
the tireinen.
1t is now clearly dem Jnstrated to our citi- |
zsns that this custom OF stringing web
the front Of street structures is a definite OBJ
stIuction.
It remains only to call uron our repres D.
tatives in the Assembly, Senator McWhorter
and Assemblymau Ware, to take the matter
IN hand and institute such proceedings at
Dover as will not only afford Wilmington
present relief from the trouble but will make |
itilleg Il to suspend any more wires overhead |
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
The w. @. II. u.

: copy OF the completed minutes of th,
, Woman'S Christian Temperance Union OF
the State Of Delaware, held in Wilmington
Oct. 0, 7, and is to hand.
lhe pamphlet is most complete and com
pendious. The chief officers for 1885 81 are
as follows, President, Mrs. Annie Fl. Mar
tlhdaie' Dover. Corresponding Sec'y., Mrs.
q. Clintonis Brown, Wilmington; Recording
Sec'y, Miss Margaret Hilles; and Treasurer
Mrs. ]. H.Quigg Dover. The County Vice.
PRESIDENTS are, for New Castle, Mrs. Geo. s.
capelle, Wilmington; for Kent, Mrs. K. E.
Smithers; and Sussex, Mrs. A. T. McSorley.
There is complete list of the various w.
q. T. Unions of the State.
The report of the dsily proceedings affords
most interesting information upon tho wide
ly ramified work of this energetic association.
The hearty cooperation evidenced in many
instances by the churches of Wilmington In
| the noble efforts of the ladies Of the w. G.
| I. u, is most gratifying feature Of the re.
ports.
The records of Miss Margaret Hilles, Re
cording Secretary, Of executive COMMITTEES
meetings and meetings during the conven-
Gion illustrate still more the assiduous labor
Of the officers OF the w. C. T. u.
The resolutions passed at the convention
show with what practical attention the needs
and aims of the Society are kept in view.
The address,of the president Mrs. Annie
a. Martindale is replete with relevant fact
and hopeful assertion In regard to temper.
anoe. 1t is a document we'll worthy of close
perusuai. The greeting by Miss Semple Ia
short but hearty and reverential. A full
report is given of the response by Miss Jen-
ME Wright, of the Middletown Y. w. @, T.
[. The report of the corresponding score
tsry, Mrs. Mary L, Cox, Middletown give.
the business transactions of the Society Of
which the following is a summary =
We have 2S organized Unions, an increase
of eight during the year; 81 of which are w.
y, I, US, with a membership Of 573. are
f's, with membership of 100 active, and
go honorary total $50, making an aggregate
membership of 763 paying. An increase of
223 since last report. 8 Juvenile organize
lions with mem bership of about 800. S
rooms, or headquarters of the Uuions. Q
reading rooms. ~ copies of the Uaton Signal
taken. Raised by local Unions from all
sonrces sls55.3l. $4,000 of which was
raised by the "Y's." Received by State
Treasurer from losal Unions as dues, and
other sources $364,79. Sent to National as
State dues S26,50.
The Treasurers statement show credit
balance of $ls9, ,l3 in hand at date,
The pays upon prison, jail and almshouse
work By Mrs. N. B. Smithers, and upon Sab
bath School work by Miss Grace Qu;gg are
Interesting reports as are the
papers upon SIcramental Wine Flower
Missions, Health Departments, Work among
Colored People, Scientific Temperance In.
struction, Young Ladies' Mestins, Honorary
urernueIs and the report of Young women's
Temperance Unions by Miss Margaret HiIles.
The report closes with full statement Of
the Temperance Constitution for the State.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
s. e. Not S. w. Corner.

Manifestly for purposes "fhistorical exact.
ness it is extremely desirable to be literally
correct in ind eating the position Of any To-
cality notable as the site of past historical
associations,
This the case in regard to the assertion
that the old LafaSett Hotel which was
honored by the visit Of General Lafayette,
was tuate at the southwest corner of Mar.
ket, where tho Baltimore and ONO Telegraph
Office now is. This is an incorrect state.
ment. By inadvertence the southwest cor
ner, was indicated when it should have read
southeast corner, that s,eAaJtly opposite the
Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Office on the
other side Of Market street, at Third street.
Colonel George Grubb, who is the author
ity for the exact location of tile old Hotel
and who also was an eye witness of General
Lafayette's visit to Wilmington is fully
borne out iu the assertion of its location al
the southeast corner of Third and Market
streets by quite number of friends whose
attestations are sufficiently authentic. The
place is now occupied by kaufman Sondhei
mier's clothing store No, 950 Market street
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
VOL. VINO. 90
A Merry Sleighing.

-Four gaily oaparisuned steeds with proud
ls arched necks carried a very genial and
jovial party to Oxford last Tuesday after
noon returning about midnight.
The turn out was much admired and as it
whizzed by the street corner we caught a
glimpse of the smiling and glowing features
of W1mington's popular dentist, DR.. ]. X
Blown and wife, DIR. Samuel Johns aud
wife, Mr. T. D. Brown and wife, Mr..
Samuel t. Biackiston and wife, and Harry
Drake. While we were trying TO figure
out the balance of the group the outlines OF
the entire party were lost in the distance.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
Anlusenents.

No play wright ever strung together ser
les of iuunier or more absurd situations in a
play than has d. D. Lloyd in "The Woman
Hater," produced by John T. Raymond Co.
1t is not so much that the incidents and eli.
mates are new and each in itself of peculiar
humor that makes this comedy one of the
most laughable and brilliant on the stage, as
it il, the subtle cleverness with which Mr..
Lloyd has woven and interviewer old and
oft-used ideas and situations. As a whole
the things which are old and time-worn
touch the risjbilties of an audience as forci.
bly, as il there we're indeed something new
under the sun.
"The Woman Hater," to be severely criti-
cal, is in iaot simply potpourr in which
Mr.. John T. Raymond is afforded an oppor-
tunity to display his specialties in the hu.
morous line. There is nothing gross and
nothing oVer-strained in the piece. 1t deals
with the absurd marital complications which
an old bachelor, unused to wumen's wlles,
innocentiy fell into, and touches upon the
old story of how easy it is for the sanest of
mortals to be thrust into an insane asylum.
Analyticaly that is all there is of the play,
but as handled by Mr.. Raymond and his
company, it is certainly one of the brightest
and funniest things ever seen in Minneapolis.
Like good old wine, Mr.. Raymond improves
with each succeeding year of his age. He Is,
with perhaps one exception, the most con-
sumnate comedian Of tile higher order on
the American ttage, and last night in many
respects he was seen to the very best advan.
tage. His company is of ali unusual high
order of merit.
Miss Maude Banks who appears next week
at the Opera House is the youngest daughter
Of Gen. n. r. Banks. From her earliest
years she has shown strong predlection for
the stage, and several years ago she made
her first ssmi-public appearance, meeting
with great success in amateur theatricals III
her native town OF Waltham aud in other
places near Boston. At first she attempted
comedy alone, but her desire was for trage-
dy, or moro strictly speaking for the classic
drama which Miss Mary Anderson has
hitherto held almost exclusively as her own
repertoire.
Miss Banks plays varied list of chsrac-
ters, appearing iu the leading lady roles of
'Ingomar, Life for Life Little Envy
The LAZY of Lyons, The Lyons Nail aud
Love aud Money
Our citizaus will have auotJer opportunity
to she " tEeir appreciation Of ht me alent by
attending the Graud Opera House on Tues
day the 18Th When the Dooley s Guthrie
Ministries will present the finest of rrogrsm
Of songs and specialtieS. Senator DooleJ
has new lecture all pinned ready to fire at
the audience Tickets 25 cents reserved,
10 cents extra at c. F. Tb nuss Il Co.'S,
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
The w. and N. Railroad Accident.


Tie following comprises the exact facts
in relation to the fatal accident on the Will
mington g. Northern Railway Sunday last.
An extra north boi md freight train on tie
w. & N. railroad ran into the rear end of
another freight train near Wawaset station
On Sunday morning last about a. m. Con-
ductor Huberts aud William Martin who
were lidif in the cabOuss car of the Il st
train were killed in the collision. Brakes
man Knox and fireman Phillips of the same
train were slightly injured. This includes
all the fatal and other accidents upon either
tram 10 mployes or others. One caboose
car aud two empty house cars were burned,
and the engine of the rear train. slightly
damaged, $500 or $500 i'll cover expense of
repair to The locomotive.
The accident was caused by Conductor
Huberts failing to properly guard his train
against the train following.
In addition to the sworn assertions of
luose upuh the s'cuhu Iidlh, phe huulns Vi
the coruner's jury agrees to indicate the un-
fortunate cause Of the accident to the facts
as stated above and alsu completely exoner-
ales the Wilmington & Northern Railroad
Company from all blame.
1t is necessai perhaps to make the above
statement independent Of the known finding
of the coloner's jury in order that diverse
assertions found elsewhere, and which ap-
pear to have gained some credenCe in the
city, be properly met.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
A Woman I'm Cou t for Voting,

Monday last Mrs. Lucy A. Barber, Of
Alfred Ceutrs, Allegheny County, N. Y,
who voted at the last general election, was
before the United States Commissioner oil
the distrlc, charged with Illegal voting. Her
counsel argued against the lady's being held
to answer. Mrs. BIrber gave bail to appear
on trial the End of February.
This is said to be the ii st case of the kind
iu tn, State of New York, aud naturally
enough causes great interest,
1t IL question that closely interests the
citizen status of nigh 30,000OO0 people in
this country. Whichever way the descisiou
goes It will bs a good thing to obtain it sim.
PLY as decision if nothing else.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-01-15
Lecture by Beecher.

Henry Ward Beecher will lecture in the
Opera House, Wednesday, January 10th, on
The two great battles Of the times" Under
that title he discusses the labor question and
the dangers of socialsm-issues which afford
an ample field for the display of his ability
as an orator He is making tour of the
country which is not unlikely to prove his
last. His observations in his recent Euro
pean journey will aid him to throw new light
on the vexed problems to the solution OF
which he brings his keen intellect and ripe
experience. =.-=- .......-
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DAILY HERALD.
-, rEsnshs OF che Flowers.

f,ha months Of the flowers are over,
The fair, sweet summer fs dead;
The perfume Of the sweet-scented clover
WIN the soft, warm breezes has ned:
The green woods, bot yesterday ringing
Vifh the voices Of glad birds singing,
Are silent. yellow and red;
Ales. for the soul Of the rover,
That on summer Joys fedl
FOR the months Of the flowers are over,
The fair, sweet summer is dead.
The Joys of the singer are over,
The days of his youth have fled:
No longer win fields Of green clover;
And fowers respond to his tread;
The world, that was yesterday ringing
With notes OF joyous youths singing,
To another gay songster ID wed;
Alas, for the soul Of the rover,
That on summer joys has fed
For the months Of the flowers are over,
The fair. sweet summer is dead.
-Isler